All For Hymn - a blog featuring everybody's favorite topic - HYMNS! Discussions about hymns, their use in the Divine Service, translation issues, etc. will be the focus. Lutheran Service Book will be a primary source. Other traditions may pop up from time to time.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

UPDATE #2: Sound of Majesty Celebrates Bach's Birthday!

UPDATE: Audio issues have been resolved and the show is now posted.

Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Sound of Majesty will have it's entire program devoted to everyone's favorite Kantor.

You can catch the live broadcast at Midnight ET tonight over at moodyradiochicago.fm. Not planning to be up that late? The show will post here today and be archived here tomorrow.

Here's the Agnus Dei from Bach's "Mass in b-minor" (German: Messe en h-moll), complete with a bonafide countertenor (in other words, a male alto). One could do a series of posts just on this section, but this blogger has enough unfinished things on his plate, so just enjoy!